Background: In 1993 Bob Martin retired from the Chair of Physiology, which he first assumed in 1970. The Department and Medical School sponsored a one day Symposium in his honor. That evening, a gala banquet was held, and the creation of the A.R. Martin Lectureship in physiology was announced. In addition, Bob's scientific publications have been reprinted and bound into a book, The  of A.R. Martin. Besides bringing together all 550 pages of his scientific publications, the book also includes a delightful autobiographical sketch. |
A.R. Martin Lecturers are invited to give two talks, one - The A.R. Martin Lecture - of broad scope, adapted for a wide scientific audience, and the other suited for a more specialized audience. Martin Lecturers also meet with faculty and students, and attend a symposium featuring presentations by advanced graduate students and postdoc trainees in the BNAT training program.
(BNAT stands for "Basic Neuroscience Advanced Training")
2006 Dr. Paul Fuchs, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, presented the Eleventh Annual A.R. Martin Lectures. Click here for photos and details.
2005 Dr. John Nicholls, F.R.S., M.D., Ph.D., presented the Tenth Annual A.R. Martin Lectures. Click here for photos and details.
2004 Dr. John Heuser, M.D., Professor of Biophysics, Department of Cell Biology & Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, was the 9th A.R. Martin Lecturer. See the Photo Album for more.
2003 Dr. U.J. McMahan, Ph.D., Department of Neurobiology, Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, was the eighth A.R. Martin Lecturer. He spoke on "Macromolecular architecture of the active zone material and its role in synaptic transmission, as revealed by electron microscope tomography". See the Photo Album for more.
2002 Dr. Nigel Unwin, Cambridge University, was the seventh A.R. Martin Lecturer. He spoke on "Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and structural basis of fast synaptic transmission" and "Organization of spines on dendrites". See the Photo Album for more pictures.
2000 Dr. Mark Konishi, California Institute of Technology, was the sixth A.R. Martin Lecturer. He spoke on "How The Owl Tracks Its Prey" and "Neurobiology of Birdsong". See the Photo Album for more pictures.
1999 Dr. Markus Meister, Harvard University, was the fifth A.R. Martin Lecturer. He spoke on "Retinal Circuits and Visual Perception" and "The Neural Code of the Retina". See the Photo Album for more pictures.
1998 Dr. Rod MacKinnon, Rockefeller University, was the A.R. Martin Lecturer for 1998. He spoke on the Structure and Function of the K Channel. See the Photo Album for more pictures.
1997 Dr. Bertil Hille, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, delivered the 1997 A.R. Martin Lecture. The title of the lecture was "How do G-protein coupled receptors rule the mind?" On October 10 Professor Hille spoke on "Roles of endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria in calcium dynamics of endocrine cells". See the Photo Album for more pictures.
1996 Dr. Richard W. Aldrich, Stanford Medical School, was the second A.R. Martin Lecturer. His talk was entitled "Conformational changes involved in ion channel gating." He also delivered a more technical seminar, and met with students and postdocs over a two day period in September. See the Photo Album for more.
1995 The first A.R. Martin Lecturer, Dr. Wolfhard Almers, visited the School in the autumn of 1995. In addition to delivering his formal lecture, designed for a general audience, he presented a more technical seminar, and spent several days meeting with students and postdocs, and consulting with faculty.
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